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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

  • Adventure
  • Book language: English
  • 242 pages

The Scarlet Pimpernel is an adventure novel set during the French Revolution. It follows a daring Englishman who rescues aristocrats from the guillotine while hiding behind a frivolous public persona. Its mix of secret identity, pursuit and romance makes it an engaging listen.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
Contents
I. PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792
II. DOVER: “THE FISHERMAN’S REST”
III. THE REFUGEES
IV. THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
V. MARGUERITE
VI. AN EXQUISITE OF ’92
VII. THE SECRET ORCHARD
VIII. THE ACCREDITED AGENT
IX. THE OUTRAGE
X. IN THE OPERA BOX
XI. LORD GRENVILLE’S BALL
XII. THE SCRAP OF PAPER
XIII. EITHER—OR?
XIV. ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY!
XV. DOUBT

XVI. RICHMOND
XVII. FAREWELL
XVIII. THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE
XIX. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
XX. THE FRIEND
XXI. SUSPENSE
XXII. CALAIS
XXIII. HOPE
XXIV. THE DEATH-TRAP
XXV. THE EAGLE AND THE FOX
XXVI. THE JEW
XXVII. ON THE TRACK
XXVIII. THE PÈRE BLANCHARD’S HUT
XXIX. TRAPPED
XXX. THE SCHOONER
XXXI. THE ESCAPE

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Contents

  1. The Scarlet Pimpernel
  2. Contents
  3. CHAPTER I. PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792
  4. CHAPTER II. “THE FISHERMAN’S REST”
  5. CHAPTER III. THE REFUGEES
  6. CHAPTER IV. THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
  7. CHAPTER V. MARGUERITE
  8. CHAPTER VI. AN EXQUISITE OF ’92
  9. CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET ORCHARD
  10. CHAPTER VIII. THE ACCREDITED AGENT
  11. CHAPTER IX. THE OUTRAGE
  12. CHAPTER X. IN THE OPERA BOX
  13. CHAPTER XI. LORD GRENVILLE’S BALL
  14. CHAPTER XII. THE SCRAP OF PAPER
  15. CHAPTER XIII. EITHER—OR?
  16. CHAPTER XIV. ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY!
  17. CHAPTER XV. DOUBT
  18. CHAPTER XVI. RICHMOND
  19. CHAPTER XVII. FAREWELL
  20. CHAPTER XVIII. THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE
  21. CHAPTER XIX. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
  22. CHAPTER XX. THE FRIEND
  23. CHAPTER XXI. SUSPENSE
  24. CHAPTER XXII. CALAIS
  25. CHAPTER XXIII. HOPE
  26. CHAPTER XXIV. THE DEATH-TRAP
  27. CHAPTER XXV. THE EAGLE AND THE FOX
  28. CHAPTER XXVI. THE JEW
  29. CHAPTER XXVII. ON THE TRACK
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PÈRE BLANCHARD’S HUT

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